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Kuwait

Capital city — Kuwait City

  • Country population

    4,270,563
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.806

    (64/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.8
    i
    2012
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of the Interior
  • Total number of prisoners

    4,420
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    111
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    129 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    3

    (in one complex)

    i
    2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.8 %
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    Data not disclosed

  • Untried prisoners

    17 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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